Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 5. Abraham obeyed my voice] yrmym meimeri, my WORD. See chap. xv. 1.
My charge] ytrmm misitmarti, from rm shamar, he kept, observed, &c., the ordinances or appointments of God. These were always of two kinds: 1. Such as tended to promote moral improvement, the increase of piety, the improvement of the age, &c. And 2. Such as were typical of the promised seed, and the salvation which was to come by him. For commandments, statutes, &c., the reader is particularly desired to refer to Leviticus xvi. 15, &c., where these things are all explained in the alphabetical order of the Hebrew words.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the Divin grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; and now that there is a famine in the land, Isaac still cleaves to the covenant. The rea worth of God's promises cannot be lessened to a believer by any cros providences that may befall him. If God engage to be with us, and we are where he would have us to be, nothing but our own unbelief an distrust can prevent our comfort. The obedience of Abraham to the Divine command, was evidence of that faith, whereby, as a sinner, he was justified before God, and the effect of that love whereby tru faith works. God testifies that he approved this obedience, to encourage others, especially Isaac.
Original Hebrew עקב6118 אשׁר834 שׁמע8085 אברהם85 בקלי6963 וישׁמר8104 משׁמרתי4931 מצותי4687 חקותי2708 ותורתי׃8451
